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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hooks talked about making space for what?
(a) Others to write.
(b) Others to speak.
(c) Others to cry.
(d) Others to dance.

2. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?
(a) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the black American female situation.
(b) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the white American female situation.
(c) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the black American female situation.
(d) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the white American female situation.

3. What did Hooks think is necessary to dismantle?
(a) Integration and matriarchy.
(b) White supremacy and patriarchy.
(c) Religion and patriarchy.
(d) Politics and matriarchy.

4. What did Hooks say women needed to move forward with?
(a) The emotional equivalent of mission statements.
(b) The social equivalent of mission statements.
(c) The social equivalent of objectives.
(d) The emotional equivalent of objectives.

5. What relationship did Hooks say the formerly oppressed should have with former oppressors?
(a) They should express overt hatred.
(b) They should not have interaction with those who have formerly oppressed them.
(c) They should create and maintain peace.
(d) They should have peace in their hearts but it's okay to sometimes exhibit behaviors that show there is tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the experiences mentioned in Chapter 8, silence of what issues ended for Hooks?

2. What was the major problem Hooks faced within the patriarchal framework?

3. In terms of race, what type of attitude did Hooks discuss in Chapter 5?

4. Hooks discussed the limitations of what?

5. How did Hooks feel within her family?

(see the answer key)

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